Duke has the #13 ranked recruiting class next year and 4 of their 7 commits are pitchers. Isn't that considered a position of strength on this years team? Everybody wants a deep bullpen but there's only one ball, one circle and at least 8 (if not 9 when talking pitchers) other spots in the batting order to fill.

There's yet another flaw with Flo's ranking system, they just add up the arbitrarily assigned numbers without account for the position needs of a program.

I do know one of those kids will enroll early, this January. So Duke will have 4 Pitchers on the Roster this Spring. The early arrival will contribute right away with her bat for sure.

As far as pitchers go, Nobody is good when they get to college, save a handful. Especially if they are trying to pitch in the SEC, Pac 12, Big 12 or ACC. etc. The difference between top club and top college is night and day. I see a lot of comments about pitchers and pitching and who is good and who s not. Its obvious to me that very few really know (really know) much about pitching or whats in store for these kids at the next level. __________________

Originally Posted by Sec_fan91 Exactly. I mean look at all these California girls leaving their home State, and Georgia girls as well. Do we see Georgia or Georgia Tech stacked with them? Not as much

Not arguing with you, but most coaches have long known it's rare to get a Georgia girl to travel. Yes, they will go if they get an SEC offer, but 90+% of all Georgia recruits are withing 100 miles of home. The state has a bunch of high quality non P5 schools stocked with local talent. Other than Glasco, who was a unique situation virtual none west of Mississippi.

Not arguing with you, but most coaches have long known it's rare to get a Georgia girl to travel. Yes, they will go if they get an SEC offer, but 90+% of all Georgia recruits are withing 100 miles of home. The state has a bunch of high quality non P5 schools stocked with local talent. Other than Glasco, who was a unique situation virtual none west of Mississippi.

Duke has the #13 ranked recruiting class next year and 4 of their 7 commits are pitchers. Isn't that considered a position of strength on this years team? Everybody wants a deep bullpen but there's only one ball, one circle and at least 8 (if not 9 when talking pitchers) other spots in the batting order to fill.

There's yet another flaw with Flo's ranking system, they just add up the arbitrarily assigned numbers without account for the position needs of a program.

Sounds like Marissa Young and Lacey Waldrop are going to have their hands full trying to keep all of their pitchers happy next season, and all the pitching in the world will not help them if they cannot score some runs!

Originally Posted by DoctorAs far as pitchers go, Nobody is good when they get to college, save a handful. Especially if they are trying to pitch in the SEC, Pac 12, Big 12 or ACC. etc. The difference between top club and top college is night and day. I see a lot of comments about pitchers and pitching and who is good and who s not. Its obvious to me that very few really know (really know) much about pitching or whats in store for these kids at the next level.

Would of liked to have seen Rittman take over the KU program. However there are two obvious points :OU ain't going down anytime soon.KU only cares about B-Ball (one of the worst football programs in recent memory)What a shame having one of the best venues in college softball.

Not arguing with you, but most coaches have long known it's rare to get a Georgia girl to travel. Yes, they will go if they get an SEC offer, but 90+% of all Georgia recruits are withing 100 miles of home. The state has a bunch of high quality non P5 schools stocked with local talent. Other than Glasco, who was a unique situation virtual none west of Mississippi.

I would disagree with 90% of Georgia girls stay in state. I know there are a lot of great options in state from NAIA to D1 just out of our high school team we had 2 at Samford 2 at Miss State 1 at West Virginia Wesleyan 1 at Western Carolina 1 at Harding 1 at South Carolina . We did have some instate schools represented west Ga , North Ga , and Mercer. Our travel team only had 4 instate committed kids one at Ga she was committed to Auburn forever and 2 to Mercer and another at UGA.

Will be fun to watch Rittman put together Clemson's first team. He's got about a 7 month head start in relation to when Coach Young/Duke got started putting her team together. Most likely the program will be fully funded but wondering does he have the full 12 to work with right away. An interesting balancing act considering he has to convince his early commits to sit a full year before they play their first game.

Fall 2019 is the target date for the teams first scrimmages. All things considered, Coach Young has done a remarkable job getting the Duke program off the ground. Compared to Duke, Rittman will have a cake walk with none of the tuition & academic hurdles Young had.

Originally Posted by Sec_fan91So for an example: UCLA in state tuition: $33,604 South Carolina out of state tuition: $44,408

Some schools are a lot more "freewheeling" with scholarship money than others. There are a lot of kids from GA who go to USCe and Ole Miss and a couple of other schools and I bet 70% of them are getting some type of "scholarship" for barely better than average grades/test scores. A 30 on the ACT and a 3.5+ GPA qualifies a student for a scholarship that brings tuition down to the in-state level at Alabama.

Some schools are a lot more "freewheeling" with scholarship money than others. There are a lot of kids from GA who go to USCe and Ole Miss and a couple of other schools and I bet 70% of them are getting some type of "scholarship" for barely better than average grades/test scores. A 30 on the ACT and a 3.5+ GPA qualifies a student for a scholarship that brings tuition down to the in-state level at Alabama.

Listen that previous statement about tuitions/room & board was just off. We are talking $10,000-$15,000 off.

If a kid is being recruited in that manner, some type of scholarship is involved almost anywhere, not counting the academic ones they collect as well.

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